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OpenAI Letter to banks and investors: Elon Musk’s lawsuit case worth no more than $38 million, amount of Musk’s donation. Musk seeks up to $109.43 billion, plus punitive damages in Trial of the Century v. OpenAI.
Read more: OpenAI Letter to banks and investors: Elon Musk’s lawsuit case worth no more than $38 million, amount of Musk’s donation. Musk seeks up to $109.43 billion, plus punitive damages in Trial of the Century v. OpenAI.According to CNBC, OpenAI has told banks and investors that Elon Musk’s lawsuit v. OpenAI and Sam Altman has a risk exposure of only $38 million, the amount Musk donated to start OpenAI. But, in a recent filing on the remedies sought in the lawsuit, Musk is seeking upwards of $109.43 billion, plus punitive damages…
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The Trial of the Century: Elon Musk seeks disgorgement of $65.50B to $109.43B from OpenAI, $13.30B to $25.06B from Microsoft, plus punitive damages and injunctive relief. No amount (yet) specified v. Sam Altman and Greg Brockman personally. Unclear whether an injunction can stop OpenAI’s for-profit conversion.
Read more: The Trial of the Century: Elon Musk seeks disgorgement of $65.50B to $109.43B from OpenAI, $13.30B to $25.06B from Microsoft, plus punitive damages and injunctive relief. No amount (yet) specified v. Sam Altman and Greg Brockman personally. Unclear whether an injunction can stop OpenAI’s for-profit conversion.Elon Musk filed his notice of remedies sought from OpenAI and Microsoft in the upcoming April 2026 trial. Should he prevail in Elon Musk v. Sam Altman for alleged fraud in creating OpenAI in part with Musk’s money, Musk seeks an award of damages in the tens of billions. Based on Elon Musk’s economist expert…
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The Trial of the Century: Elon Musk v. Sam Altman starts Monday, April 27, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. with jury selection. And breakfast.
Read more: The Trial of the Century: Elon Musk v. Sam Altman starts Monday, April 27, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. with jury selection. And breakfast.After indicating at the hearing on January 8 that Elon Musk’s claims of fraud against Sam Altman in the founding of OpenAI must go to a jury due to sufficient factual issues, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers wasted no time in setting a trial date. The trial starts Monday, April 27, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. with…
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OpenAI, represented by SCOTUS litigator Lisa Blatt, seeks to stop string of discovery losses and stave off loss of attorney-client privilege. Oral argument on Friday, Jan. 16 is the most important one OpenAI has faced.
Read more: OpenAI, represented by SCOTUS litigator Lisa Blatt, seeks to stop string of discovery losses and stave off loss of attorney-client privilege. Oral argument on Friday, Jan. 16 is the most important one OpenAI has faced.The oral argument in In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation tomorrow, Friday, Jan.16, 2026 at 02:00 PM in Courtroom 23A, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 before Judge Sidney H. Stein, is the most important one OpenAI has faced in all the copyright lawsuits against it. At issue is OpenAI’s appeal of Magistrate Judge…
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Apple chooses AI by Google over OpenAI. Big Tech wins again.
Read more: Apple chooses AI by Google over OpenAI. Big Tech wins again.Apple chose AI by Google over OpenAI. It cements the relationship between Apple and Google even further. The latter pays Apple $20B to have the default search engine on the iPhone Safari browser. Here’s the Joint Statement: Apple and Google have entered into a multi-year collaboration under which the next generation of Apple Foundation Models…
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OpenAI’s proposed reply reveals more on Books 1, 2 datasets used to train GPT-3
Read more: OpenAI’s proposed reply reveals more on Books 1, 2 datasets used to train GPT-3In its proposed reply to support its Rule 72(a) objection to Magistrate Judge Wang’s ruling that OpenAI waived its attorney-client privilege, OpenAI gives us a fuller description of the timeline in which OpenAI used Books 1 and 2 datasets: The Book Author Class Plaintiffs also describe their own timeline in their brief: Our Own Timeline…
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Sergey Brin admits Google fumbled developing AI after seminal transformer paper (Attention Is All You Need) that spawned ChatGPT
Read more: Sergey Brin admits Google fumbled developing AI after seminal transformer paper (Attention Is All You Need) that spawned ChatGPTSergey Brin recently admitted that Google underinvested in AI after Google researchers posted their seminal paper on the transformer architecture in the paper “Attention Is All You Need” in 2017. Because Google shared the discovery with everyone, OpenAI ran with it, which led to ChatGPT. Sam Altman also recently said that, had Google taken OpenAI…
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Sam Altman’s lunch with New York Times and other news organization. What does it mean for the NYT copyright lawsuit v. OpenAI?
Read more: Sam Altman’s lunch with New York Times and other news organization. What does it mean for the NYT copyright lawsuit v. OpenAI?It’s been widely reported that Sam Altman convened the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and other news media to a lunch at Rosemary’s Midtown. Quite remarkable given that the New York Times is suing OpenAI for copyright infringement and is seeking damages award that could be in the billions. But the lunch…
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Disney strikes deal with OpenAI, including $1B stake in OpenAI and licensing of Disney characters in Sora videos
Read more: Disney strikes deal with OpenAI, including $1B stake in OpenAI and licensing of Disney characters in Sora videosFrom OpenAI’s press release: The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI have reached an agreement for Disney to become the first major content licensing partner on Sora, OpenAI’s short-form generative AI video platform, bringing these leaders in creativity and innovation together to unlock new possibilities in imaginative storytelling. As part of this new, three-year licensing agreement,…
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OpenAI hit with another wrongful death suit: Suzanne Eberson Adams estate v. OpenAI: First County Bank v. OpenAI Foundation
Read more: OpenAI hit with another wrongful death suit: Suzanne Eberson Adams estate v. OpenAI: First County Bank v. OpenAI FoundationAs reported by Wall Street Journal, the estate of Suzanne Ebersom Adams has sued OpenAI for the alleged role of ChatGPT in the murder of Adams by her son, Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56 years old, who then committed suicide. The case is titled First County Bank v. OpenAI Foundation. Excerpt of Complaint: DOWNLOAD THE COMPLAINT